Pre and Post processors

Salmoe is an open source (LGPL) pre and post processor based on OpenCASCADE which is software development platform freely available in open source. It includes components for 3D surface and solid modeling, visualization, data exchange and rapid application development.

To get Elmer on Ubuntu, 1. The source files can be downloaded from the Elmer official site, then compiled and installed. OR 2. Elmer can be directly downloaded and installed through the Ubuntu Software Center that can be accessed through Applications>Ubuntu Software Center

To get Elmer on Windows, 1. Binary files to be downloaded and installed with for windows are available from the Elmer official site

ASCII STL Mesh files can be imported into Elmer from CAD software such as FreeCAD